Artists and Tutors

Support Organisations

ADAD (The Association of Dance of the African Diaspora) is a national organisation that supports the practice and appreciation of dance of the African Diaspora. We want dance of the African Diaspora to be visible and valued as part of the British cultural experience.

ArtsMatrix is the skills and enterprise development agency for creative professionals in the South West. We enable arts and creative industries professionals to develop skills to make the most of their careers.
Their Creative Advisor's Scheme - is a flexible bespoke mentoring scheme for artists, curators, producers, arts managers/administrators. It will support you develop your creative skills/arts business. Download poster.

Arts Hub UK publishes essential jobs and news information to professionals working in the UK arts and cultural industries. All members receive access to Arts Hub’s widely read arts jobs classifieds and independent and authoritative arts news service, delivered via the Arts Hub web site and tri-weekly e-Bulletins.

a-n The Artists Information Company - Through advocacy and information and from the perspective of artists, a-n's mission is to stimulate and support contemporary visual arts practice and affirm the value of artists in society.

Art Shape - Art Shape aims to help adults in their personal and professional artistic development, particularly those facing barriers to participation. Their work falls into three main areas: Signposting and guidance; personal and professional development; action research.

Artist Opportunities with Art Shape
Artist in Residence
Artist/Trainer
Creative Action Research

Bristol City Council
Arts Information and Advice - Including advice surgeries, arts news, funding for the arts, useful links

Creative Learning Agency- is a publicly funded web-based news and information service which was set up in 2001 to provide educators and artists with information and support for arts education work. On their website is news, views, events, opportunities, funding and resources, and an online database of artists.
QUICK LINK: Funding for Artists

Dance Bristol - To create lifelong opportunities in diverse communities at a professional and community level, including a vibrant performance scene offering inspiring work of national and international quality, which includes animating public spaces.

The Foundation for Community Dance is the UK development agency for access, participation and progression in dance for all. Their website offers a wealth of information about their organisation, and about community dance in the UK and beyond.

Gloss Arts Education Agency - is an Arts Council and Gloucestershire County Council funded initiative offering information, advice, guidance and brokerage between the arts and the education sector. Their website contains information for artists, teachers, education officers and all those involved in programming creative activities for children and young people. Their database of artists is free to use and free to register. They also offer training for artists, job and funding opportunites.

Gloucestershire Dance supports and promotes the development of dance in Gloucestershire.
Gloucestershire Dance supports the development of teachers, dance leaders and organisations.

Gloucestershire Music
Quality, access and opportunity for all. The service provides tuition to over 7500 young people and adults. Twenty Orchestras, Music Centres, Wind Bands and Jazz Bands cater for over 1100 members ...

MusicLeader is a support service dedicated to the professional development of UK music leaders.
Coming soon! - MusicLeader will be offering FREE one-to-one support via Artsmatrix (click here). To take advantage of this, music leaders need to register for FREE on the MusicLeader website and look out for the 1-2-1 'DNA's'. Information on the website includes a MusicLeader Toolkit (latest news, training opportuntities, jobs, guides, funding info, directories, message boards and much more!)

Musicians Union - The Musicians' Union represents over thirty thousand musicians working in all sectors of the music business. As well as negotiating on behalf of our members with all the major employers in the industry, we offer a range of services for professional and student musicians of all ages.

Membership Costs - The cost of membership varies from approx. £5 per month to £22 per month, depending on what you are earning from your music or if you are in full time education.
Benefits of membership - The MU offers a wide variety of services and assistance to its members. Search through the menu options to find out how being a member could benefit you.

World Jungle Limited, Dursley Library, May Lane, Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. GL11 4JH
World Jungle Limited, 46C City Road, Bristol, BS2 8TX
Email: info@worldjungle.org.uk or Telephone: 01453 545202 / 078788 65297.
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